[time-nuts] My Racal-Dana 1992

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

Forgot to mention, each point is slightly more than 1 second.

On 12/16/2011 03:19 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> Has a 9462 oscillator module in it.
> I've been fooling with little C hacks to make freq and phase 
> measurements via GPIB.
>
> In my desire to super-tweek the timebase I discovered that small 
> adjustments take
> many minutes to settle down.  It's like herding cats.
>
> I noticed that physical shocks would randomize the frequency over a 10 
> Hz range
> at 10 MHz.  What's more, the new frequency didn't seem to  take 10 
> minutes to
> settle down.  So I tapped on the oven with the screwdriver until it 
> landed right on frequency.
> The resulting plot is attached.
>
> Come to think of it, I could use the counter to measure the time 
> between 1pps and WWVB
> zero crossing as an ultimate frequency reference as well as detecting 
> changes in the ionosphere.
>
>
>
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